Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-21
WISCONSIN NEWS.

DURING the past season the sawmille
at La Crosse and Onalaska cut 12O,-
6l7,l7l feet Of lumber, 62,415, $50
shingles, 23, SIS, 900 lath and 90, 500
pickets.
JAMES CLARK goes to the peniten-
tlary Tor eighteen months, at Eau
Claire, for breaking into the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul depot at that
place.
JUDGMENT for $8O3.85 has been en-
tered at Ashland against the Monarch
Mining Company.
/ Orders have been issued for the
closing OF the only variety theater re-
manning in Ashland.
THE Rood & Maxwell mill at Wash.
burne was sold on g. chattel mortgage
held by the Northern National Bank,
of Ashland, for SIS, 1000. The pur.
chaeers are s. G. Cook, of Minneapo-
lis; l.. Boutine, Of Bayfield,, and G. j..
Griggs, of S. Paul.
JUDGEMENT has been rendered st
Ashland against Patrick Day, an Ash
land builder, for So, 514.32.
JOHN POLLOCK, proprietor OF the
Chinese Bazaar at Ashland, has failed.
Assets, 81, 600; liabilities unknown.
The new insane asylum, built by La
Crosse County, will be completed JAN
uary /.
EAU CLAIRE business men were swim
died by an advertising show-card
scheme.
AN unfortunate accident happened
to q man at Sand Greek, Eau Claire
County, while he was assisting neigh
Dor slaughter q steer. The animal
was lying on the ground, and the
farmer with uplifted knife, was about
to plunge the long blade into O. vital
part when the animal, with toss of
the head, struck the farmers hand
and the keen blade penetrated the
chest ofhis companion, inficting in ali
probability q fatal wound.
CHARLES GRACE, piano player in q
dlsreputable house at Dogwood, Ash
land County, was fatally shot by
Alice Hotfenback, keeper Of the place.
The shooting occurred in quarrel
over an inmate Of the house.
WHILE driving delivery team, Am
brose Samentink, proprietor of q bak
cry establishment, at Eau Claire, sus-
tanned fatal injuries by being thrown
from the wagon. His skull was frac-
tured.
The East Fork Improvement Com
pany held It's annual meeting at La
Crosse on the 18th. President, John
Paul. secretary and treasurer, f. A.
| Copeland; directors, John Paul, n.
Lille, N. B. Holway, Frank Pooler, II.
Goddard. The affairs oil the company
| >,0r1rrt n6 IN, co fc,fo oAn
ton. No new work was ordered for
the coming year. A dividend of ~
per cent. was declared.
A NEW YORKER named Leavenworth
left $500 and g. full course at either
Harvard or Yale Colleges for each OF
five boys named in his honor. One of
the fortunate young men is Master
! William Leavenworth Lohmiller, the
14-year-old son of William Lohmiller,
agent Of the Chicago & North Western
Railroad, at La Crosse.
A COW slaughtered at La Crosse had
in her stomach one silver piece, two
common wood screws, one 1-inch' and
one 1 = inches, respectively; six carpet
tacks, tWenty-three shipgle nails of
different lengths, two factory knitting
needles, 81 inches in length, very
sharp, and one of them barbed; one
street railway spike inches long, etc.
| One of the needles mentioned had
pierced one OF the cows lungs, and
tum0r weighing nearly q pound had
formed IN consequence.
THE Madison City Railway Compa-
ny has been organized under the name
Of the Madison Street Railway Com
pany.
E. WEYERHAUsER and w. E. Nc
Cord have bought of Thomas McDer-
mott, Of Eau Claire, 100000 feet of
standing pine on the Red Cedar wa
tiers, for $4,000.
THE annual meeting of the Black
River Improvement Company was
held at La Crosse on the 18th, and
some changes made in the directors.
The following were elected: President,
d. D. Mcmillan; secretary and treas
urer, S. Z. Nevins; directors, d. d.
Mcmillan, G. l.. Coleman, John Paul,
D. Austin, n. B. Hollway, l.. Withie
and Frank Pooler.
FORTY delegates and fifteen minis
ters attended the convention Of Con
gregational Church societies at Madi
son.
AT Milwaukee on the night of the
18th, Herman Hahka, a Finlander,
was fatally stabbed by John Toyli, a
fellow countryman. The murderer is
only % years old.
THE Wisconsin Central Railway
Company has been notified to show
cause why the lands they claim under
filings should not be taken.